Improved leather-backed horse-brush



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Horse Brush.

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OEADIAH JONES, .OF SOUTH ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 68,513, dated September 3, 1867.

IMPROVED LEATHER-BACKED HORSE-BRUSH.

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TO ALL WHM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, OBADIAH JONES, of South Englewood, (Jones Road) inthe county of Bergen, and Stute of New Jersey, have invented a new anduseful improvement in Leather-Backed Horse-Brushes; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had te the accompanying drawing, forming part ofthis specification, in which y Figure l is a longitudinal sectional viewof my improved horse-brush, showing it in process of construction.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same when completed.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

rlhis invention relates to a new kind of horse-brushes, and to themanner of making the same, and consists in making a leather-backed,round-faced horse-brush, and in inserting a core, which is made of oneor more pieces of leather or other suitable pliable material, betweenthe back and face-leather coverings, whereby the desired shape is givento the formerly straight face-cover, in which the bristles have beforebeen secured.

The different pieces of leather are glued together, and the face vandback pieces are firmly connected bymeans of rivets. Inthe same mannerthe leather handle is secured to the back piece.

I am aware that leather-backed brushes have already been made, also thatround-faced brushes are already inuse, but the two combined have never`been made, although such a brush is more convenient than those newused. The round-faced horse-brush is generally considered to be superiorto the fiat-faced brush, as it can be more conveniently applied, and it'lthe back of such a brush is made elastic and pliable, its value andefliciency will be greatly increased. v

A represents a piece of leather cut in the proper form, according tothe-shape of the brush. It may, if desired, be glued to another. piece,a, of similar form,hoth of which will then constitute the back of thebrush.v B is the faceplate, made also of leather of proper length andwidth. The bristles C are secured'in the plate B in any suitable manner.D is a convex block or core, composed of one or more pieces of leather,which are glued together. The upper surface of this core is flat, and isglued to the under side of the back A. The lower side is rounded, andgives the required shape to the face B when the same is laid around itiThe outer edges of the back and face-plates are riveted togetherby meansof pins Z I), as is clearly shown in fig. 2. E is the leather handle,the ends of which are also secured to the back by means of rivets c,which also pass through the face-plate, -as is clearly shown n fig. 3.The bristles are secured to the face B while the same is dat, and areattached to the same by means of wires or otherwise. The back is securedto a board,land the core glued to it, as shown in fig. 1, and then theflat face is applied and bent on the core, and glued to the same,whereby the face will be rounded. `When dry the brush is removed fromthe board, the edges lare trimmed and riveted, und theninally the handleis secured. If desired, the bristles may be attached to the face afterthe same has been secured to the core, and while Yit-i's alreadyrounded. The brush is then also secured to a board, with the coverglued, and when dry finished as .before described. I

What I elairuas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The round-faced leather-backed horse-brush, constructed as described,consisting of the strips of leather D, of unequal length, glued togetherand to the back A, composed of strips of leather a, the bristle-plate B,secured to the .smaller pieces of the core D, bent around said core andsecured to the back A, as herein set forth for the purpose specified.

OBADIAH JONES.

Witnesses:

JOHN BRITTAN,

VM. II. ROGERS.

